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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-01

1t contained scarcely any thing besides the
bare necessities of sleeping room, and
while she and her sister had decorated
the walls OF their own chamber with pretty
pictures, and surrounded themselves with
many little fancy articles here and there,
as girls will, poor Bob's room could boast
of but one picture. 1t was cheap litho-
graph he had picked up somewhere, and
represented two ragged boys sitting on the
bank OF narrow stream, trying to catch
some fish The sky was most astonishing
shade Of blue, and the grass upon the bank
was an impossible green, but perhaps he
thought it was better than no picture at all.
Not having any frame for it, he had tackled
it TO the wall by its four corners. Over the
washstand he had put up shelf, of piece
of rough pine board, and had grouped upon
il quite tastefully quantity Of shells and
curious stones he had found at different
times, for Bob delighted in such things, and
hoped some time TO have cabinet of speci-
mems Julia concluded that this shelf
should be covered with some pieces of
bright merino she had been saving to cover
4. foot-stool, and started across the hall to
her room, to begin the work at once. Here
she found Minnie at work, busting, and
setting things TO rights. Opening drawer
in the bureau. and hurriedly turning over
its contents, she said: minnie Pm going
TO cover that shelf in Bob's room with my
pieces of red merino, and rm going at it
right away. III make some long points to
hang down in front, and scallop them all
round, and it will hide the old rough
board and look real pretty, don't you
think soln Qn these days such an
arrangement would probably be called
a lambrequin, but the events of our
story occurred many years ago, before the
term had come into use.
Minnie agreed with hcrthat it would look
nicely, but suggested that whatever I'M
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-01

long before school Their brother,
Robert, or ''Bob,n as he was usually called,
entered the room as Julia made the remark.
and looked curiously towards her work, to
see what it was that was going to be so
pretty. Crossing the room, he examined it
more closely, and asked What is it for,
when it is done." so, it is to cover that
old faded out rocking-char that grandma
gave US for our room,n answered Julia; sit
has been an eyesore TO US ever since we got
it, and now we are going to make "a thing
of beauty of it, and so it will be "a joy for
ever won't it." Bob did not reply imme-
diately but after pause, laying down the
bright red stripe he had in his hand he
said rather ungraciously: Eyes, that is Just
like you girls. You are always fixing up
your own room, to make it look pretty
while mine is as bare as an old barn. As
be left the room his sisters looked at each
other in surprise, and Minnie, the younger
exclaimed: swell, I'm sure / never sup
posed Bob cared for such things, did youa'
"No," answered her sister, mot any more
than other boys; but if he wants his room
fixed up I'll do what | can, I'm sure, and
you will help, won't you!' Minnie willingly
consented, and it being now school time
the girls laid aside their work, and nothing
more was said upon the subject that day.
AS their mother had given them the care
of their brothers room, week by week
alternately, and it being now Julia's week
to attend to it, the next morning she went
up after breakfast to tidy it up as usual
AS she entered the room she was struck,
as she had never been before, with its I'M
inviting appearance, and Bob's words re-
Cured to her, ''as bare as barn" ''Why
haven't l noticed it before?" she asked
herself, and she resolved that before night
&he room should wear different aspect
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-01
B0B'S NEW CARPET:
Or, Loves Labor Not Lost-A
Story for Girls.
[Original.1

UST two more stripes,
a narrow black one
and a wide scarlet
one, and that will
finish it. How pretty
it will be !" exclaimed
Julia Halsey to her
sister, as they sat
busily crocheting, one
spring morning, not
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-01

The Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals has been organized
since 1866.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-18
Identifying Criminals.

"A new method Of identifying criminals
has been adopted in the prisons of France,
Russia and Japan. 1t consists in taking
the exact measurement Of the person upon
his corHing to the Jail.
His waist, the length and width of the
head, the left middle finger, the left foot,
the outstretched arms, the three other
fingers Of the left hand, the left arm from
the elbyw to the wrist, and the length and
widtht0f the ear are measured, aud the
color of the eyes and any peculiarities are
noted dawn.
A photograph Is also Immediately taken,
and by these means the many mistakes
which have been made by trusting to q
photographer only are avoided.
It Is stated that habitual criminals, par
ticularly English pfckpockets, are so con-
WINGED of the infallfbility of the method
that they win ON no account submit to
the measurement, and offer violent resist
ance whenever the attempt is made Co
measure them. -Youtll's Companion.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-18
Extreme. n wants., waste.

Luxury runs to strange extremes OF
wanton waste. cen buy first rate
feather buster for twenty-five cents 1t
viii do all the work required Of feather
buster, and isn't 50 ugly as to offend the
eye. In Broadway jewelers. are some
feather busters marked $685. They can do
no more than the, quarter dollar one, but
are made splendid and costly by the art Of
the carver and the silversmith. / am fond
Of pretty things myself, but it win be
hard 70 persuade me that mere prcttiness
IN this case Is worth ninety mine times
more than utility. Here are dog collars
at &5G. Do they make the dog any hand
somer or more faithful Fond as am Of
the canine race, am certain should feel
quite glad that any dog on which this
scandalous extravaganza was bestowed
was stolen. There is certainly limit to
the moral liberty we allow people in the
disposition Of their own money, and we
should draw it at feather busters and dog
collars at $25 and $50 each. Alfred
Trumbleen New York News.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-18
korn.uiA snr rag Cholera.

A formula for q mixture that is report
II, to be exceedingly efficaciocs IN Tennes-
sector maladies coming under the conve-
!. -ent head Of cholera" is as follows:
xtract OF logwood, 4 ounces; bluestone,
=. drachns; mix these with pirts Of boil.
] g water. To this add re pints OF turpen-
I ne, the same quantity of kerosene. also
II raw hnseed oil. This makes 10 1-2
,nts, to which is added about Il pints of
0keroot tea, and the whole win make one
, use lof one pint EACH for thi.ty-two hogs.
i.luestone in this recipe is also called blue
vitriol It is sHlphatc Of copper and is not
the same as coppcras. The latter is
ulphate OF iron and called also green
.itriol. A good authority says Of this
mixture: "As a preventive Of disease, by
the destruction of 6sease germs and in
testinal worms, Re above prescription is
we'll suited to Inspire confides-ce in its eff
iciency.s''
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-18
SATURDAY, JUNE Is, 1881.


In The Chautauquan, In Rev. e. e.
'l-ale's article on Common Errors in
..:glish," the following Is found: I'VE
]. ear boy say, This Is Just the cheese
s..ere there is no cheese, nor any sign Of
/ y. The boy does not know that he 10
eaking Hindostanee, but he is He says,
he could spell correctly, it Is just the
/ y, chix being the Hindostanee word
I thing. Now, Il is certainly not inn
I.aoper for q boy to exclaim In triumph,
: iat's just the thingl' boston Herald.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-18

GROWTH OF A BIG Book when Web.
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one volume, it was comparatively
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dition was made of 1900 Pictorial illus
trations, A Table of aynonyns, and an
Appendix of New Words that had come
into use. Afew years later came an en-
>tirely new revised edition of larger size,
with 5000 Pictorial Illustrations, then,
after interval ola few years, Biograph
ical Dictionary of nearly 10000 Names
and Supplement- of nearly 5000 New
Words were added, and there has come
a new and most valuable addition, A
Gazetteer of the World, of over $4,000
Titles. The work is now not only the
Dictionary, par excellence. but a Bio
graphical Dictionary, Gazetteer ofthe
World. and great many other good
things in its many valuable Tables.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-18
MARTINsBURG. W. VA.

Entered at the Post-ofice at Mar
,:nsbnrg, West Va, as Second-cl
Matter. HI
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-18
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
Forgive and Forget.

Not long since we had this forcibly
impressed upon our minds by read
ing an article touching somewhat
upon the subject in regard to the mis-
demeanors of children. After the
punishment has been made, do not
''let bygones be bygones," and i'm
press upon children that good acts
are expected Of them rather than bad
ones, and you will thus help them
to be ambitious to please rather than
provoke you. The constant calling
attention to of faults is not enjoyed
by children of a larger growth, and
why should it be by the little ones.
Outlines real harm results. Some
natures become sullen and form a
don't-care habit, while others become
discouraged and grieve over the fact
that they are not able to do right.
Reprimand when needed, and when
done let it end there, and we would
prefix to the old adage when used
for children, "Punish, forgive and
forget"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
The Profit on Whiskey.
Cor. Philadelphia Press.

Cor. Philadelphia Press.
A curious fact brought out in dis
cussion at Washington was that the
original cost of pure whiskey, includ-
ing the present tax, is one and three
tenths cents per glass. The total re-
peal ofthe internal revenue tax would
therefore only reduce the cost of
whiskey for which the consumer pays
ten cents one cent per glass. The
question was naturally asked to who
then does the Ito cents per glass go
to? The reply was, first, to the
banker who loans the money to keep
the whiskey while it ages; secondly,
to the wholesale dealer, who takes
great risks and grants long credits, in
many cases, to queer and uncertain
creditors; third, to the keepers of the
gin mills and saloons, who also make
enormous profits. This explodes the
argument of the moralist who thinks
that the removal of the internal reve-
nue. tax would give us free whiskey.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
Enjoy Life.

What truly beautiful world we
live in! Nature gives us grandeur of
mountains, glens and oceans, and
thousands of means of enjoyment.
We can desire no better when in per-
feet health; but how often do the
majority of people feel like giving it
up disheartened, discouraged and
worn out with disease, when there is
no occasion for this feeling, as every
sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory
proof, that GREEN'S august Floaoer
will make them free from disease, as
when born. Dyspepsia and Liver
Complaint are the direct causes of
seventy-fve per cent. of such NAL
aides as Biliousness, Indigestion,
Sick Headache, Costiveness, Nervous
Prostitution, Dizziness of the Head,
Palpitation of the Heart, and other
distressing symptoms. Three doses
of august Floa0er will prove its
wonderful effect. Sample bottles, 10
cents. Try it. ' hma
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
CONSUMPTION Cured.

An old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cureof Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and
Lung Affections, also positive and
radical cure for Nervous Debility and
all Nervous Complaints, after having
tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cases, has felt this
duty to make it known to his suffer
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive
and adesire to relieve human suffer-
ing, will send free of charge, to all
who desire it, this recipe, in German,
French or English, with full direc-
tons for preparing and using. Sent
by mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper, w. A. NoYEs,
149 Powers Block, Rochester, N. Y.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
A Boys Composition on Water.
The Spinet.

The Spinet
Water is found most everywhere,
especially when it rains, as it did the
other day till our cellar was half full.
Jane had to wear fathers rubber
boots to get the onions for dinner.
Onions make your eyes water; and
so does horse radish, when you eat
too much.
There is good many kinds of wa
ter in the world; rain water, soda
water, well water, holy water, and
brine.
There is girl in our school named
Waterman. All the boys say, "Wa-
terman you are" and then she gets
mad. l don't think girls look good
when they are mad.
Water is used for good many
things. Sailors.use it to 60 to sea on.
If there wasn't any ocean, their ships
couldn't float, and they would have
to stay ashore. Water is good to
make dams in, and to fire at the boys
with squirt gun, and to catch fishes
in. My father cought a big one the
other day, and when he hauled it up
it was an eel.
Nobody could besaved from drown
ing ifthere wasn't any water to pull
them out of. Water is first rate to
put fires out with. l love to go to
fires and see the men work at the
engines. This is all l can think about
water-except the flood.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
s .ssl.Fr $500 slff-
A Connecticut Farmers Discovery.

New York Sun. .
The most successful farmer in Con-
necticut today was laboring man at
81 day not very many years ago.
He is now well to do. He. learned
while at work as farm hand that on
Connecticut soil manure properly ap-
piled is absolutely essential for a
crop. Then he began to experiment
with manures. Today he raises ten
bushels of corn to the acre where his
most industrious neighbor raises one.
Every inch of his soil pays him, and
he makes more money farming in
Connecticut than he could begin to
do with the same investment in the
west. His fruit commands the high
est price. Why? Because he used
the observant eye in his orchards.
He saw some years ago that a peach
and an apple tree into which some
nails had been driven hourished and
bore beyond all comparison with the
rest of the orchard. That set him to
thinking. 1t must be due to the
nails, he thought. Nails and iron.
Trees need iron as much as human
beings do, he reflected. The iron in
the soil is exhausted probably, he
reasoned. Thereupon he went to
some of the large foundries and black
smith shops and bought all the oxi-
died iron flakes that fall from the
iron when it is being treated on the
anvil. These he trenched about the
trees, and now and then he drives a
spike into an apple or peach tree,
His crops are good and he receives
all he asks for apples, pears and
peaches,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
Nails.

rullahoma to Observation-Disclosures 1910 D.
M: leaves $40 a. m, daily except Sundays.
McMinnville to Sparta-Arrives GAO am;
leaves 1900 IN; daily except Sundays.
Beersheba Springs-Arriyes 500 PM;
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; leaves
500 a. m, same days.
Smithville (route No. l9355)-arrives 1900
M, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays;
leaves loo pm, same days.
WoOdbury-Arrives IL m, Wednesdays
and Saturdays; leaves loo pm, same days.
Horse Shoe Falls-Arrives 1900 M, Mon.
days and Thursdays; leaves 200 pm. same
DAYS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
COURTS.


nHANCERY-Sits LIST Monday in May and
" November; w. S. Bearden, Chancellor;
J. C. Biles, Clerk. tii I'oa
NIRCUIT-Sits Tuesday after 4th Monday
" in January, May, and September; M.
d. Smallman, Judge; W. v. Whitson, At.
torney-G General; A. j. Curl, Clerk .'si
NOUNTY-Sits by quorum 1st Monday in
" every month; full court every quarter;
]: R. Parker, Esq, Chairman; W. L. Swami,
Clerk. rF
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS-U. Van.
~ hooser, Sheriff; Jno. L. Jsco, Register;
DR.. I. c. Smart, Trustee and Tax Collec.
tor; Geo. T. Purvis, Ranger; Mat. Jones,
Jailer; Sam O'Neal, County Superintendent
of Public Instruction
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS-Ma Jssee
1M Walling; Aldermen, j. E. Jones, NJ.
A. Doty, A. H. Gross, Thos. Black, E. G.
Mead, M. NJ. Phelps; Recorder J. E. Jones;
Treasurer, A. II. Gross; Street Commission.
ers, M. A. Do.y, NJ NJ. Phelps, j. E. Jones.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
CHURCHES.

Methodist-Rev. A. T, Crawford
pastor; services every Sunday morning and
night. Sunday.school at 81 A.. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Christian-Services every Sunday. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Presbyterian-Rev. 7. NJ. Mcconnell, pas.
tor; services, morning and night, first and
third Sundays in each month; prayer meet.
ing every Wednesday night. Sunday-school
every Sunday morning at 81 o'clock.
Cumberland Presbyterian-Rev G. T.
Stainback pastor; services every Sunday and
at night; prayermeeting Wednesday night.
Sunday.school $50 a. m.
Baptist--Sunday.school at OK a. m.
Prayer meeting every Tuesday night.
First Baptist, colored-Rev. L. McGhee,
pastor. Services everv Sunday morning and
night Sunday.school 900 a. m.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
Rheumatism and Neuralgia Cured in 2
DAYS.

The Indiana Chemical Co. have
discovered compound which acts
with truly marvellous rapidity in the
cure of Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
We garantee it tocure any and eve-y
case of acute Infiammatory RheC-
matism and Neuralgia in DAYS,a I'd
to give immediate relief in chronic
cases and effect speedy cure.
On receipt of 80 cents, in two cent
stamps, we will send to any address
the prescription for this wonderful
compound, which can be filled by
your home druggist at small cost.
We take this means of giving our
discovery to the public instead OF
putting it out as patent medicine,
it being much less expensive. We
will gladly refund money if satisfac'
ton is not given.
THE INDIANA CHEMICAL Co.,
Charlottesville, Ind
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26

Plants are not aristocratic; they are
better satisfied with the window of
the kitchen than in any other one in
the house; in a poor mans home
than in rich mans mansion. 1t is
a plenty of fresh air through oft
opened doors, and of moisture which
they get in these places, that suit
them so well.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
Saved His Life.

Mr.. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave
KY, says he was, for many years,
badly afflicted with Phthisic, also Di-
abetes; the pains were almost unen-
durable and would sometimes almost
throw him into commissions. He
tried Electric Bitters and got relief
from first bottle and after taking six
bottles, was entirely cured and had
gained in flesh eighteen pounds. Says
he positively believes he would have
died, habit not been for the relief af-
forded by Electric Bitters. Sold at
fifty cents bottle by ]. B. Ritchey g..
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for. Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds o,
eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price Is cents box. For
sale by ]. B. Ritchey. (39yl
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26

Old orchards whether under cult
walton or not, require a liberal top
dressing each year of old fine manure.
A compost recommended by an ex-
perienced orchardist is lime and salt,
mixed with tan or saw-dust and this
saturated with manure water.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26

CURRANT BUsHEs-Coal ashes APP
piled as a mulch will help these.
Pruning may be done at any time
when it is mild enough to make COM
Portable work. The same of goose.
berries. fit is desirable to propa-
gate, save the cuttings, covering them
with damp earth until planting-out
time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26

1t is strange that more people do
not plant out sage. The demand in
every town is large and prices high.
1t is as easily grown from seed as
cabbage. Simply sow early in box
in the house or greenhouse, and trans
plant as soon as frosts are over in the
spring, into rows two feet apart, and
one foot apart in the row.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26

Grape-vines may be trimmed now
and the trimmings cut up into three
eye cuttings and buried in the cellar
for spring setting, The same, too,
with currants and gooseberries if not
done before. It said thata pound
of copperas scattered under each
grapevine is preventive to grape
rot and mildew as it is so cheap it
will cost but little to try it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26

Itch, mango and scratches of every
kind cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no other.
This never fails. Sold by J. B.
Ritchey, druggist, McMinnvill, Tenn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
PAT EN- is.

Caveats and Trade Marks Obtained,
and all other business in the U. s. Patent
Office attended to for Moderate Fees.
Our office is opposite the U. s. Patent
Office. and we can obtain Patents in less
time than those remote from Washington.
Send Model or Drawing. We advise as to
patentability free of charge; and we make
No Charge Unless we Obtain Patent.
We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the
Supt. of Money Order Div, and to officials
of the U. s. Patent Office. For circular,
advice, terms and references to actual eli.
ents in your own State or County, write to
G. A. SNOW 8 co.
Opposite Patent Office. Washington, D. c
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
NOBILITY.
BY ALicE GARY.

True worth is in being, not seeming
In doing each day that goes by
Some little good--not in the dreaming
OF great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say in blindness,
And spite Of the fancies of youth,
There's nothing so kingly as kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get back our mete as we measure
We cannot do wrong and feel right,
Nor can we give pain and feel pleasure,
For justice svenges each slight.
The air for the wing of the sparrow,
The bush for the robin and wren,
But always the path that is narrow
And straight for the children OF men.
IT'S not in the pages of story
The heart of its i'll to beguile
Though he who makes courtship to glory
Gives all that he hath for her smile,
For when from her heights he has won
her,
Alus!i IL ~ Only W PROVE
That nothing's so sacred as honor,
And nothing so loyal as love!
We cannot make bargains for blisses,
Nor catch them, like fishes, in nets;
And sometimes the thing our life misses
Helps more than the thing which it gets;
For good lieth not in pursuing,
Nor gaining of great nor of small,
But just in the doing, and doing
AS we would be done by is all.
Through envy, through malice, through
hating,
Againsi the world, early and late,
No jot of courage abating-
Ourpart is to work and to wait.
And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.